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Re:Text-to-CAD by MountainMan1312 on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @10:11PM (#38716587)
Seems like a massive waste of time to me, like hours vs seconds kind of waste of time. With 3D CAD, if I have a top view of a part and want to add a side view, it's like 3 clicks to just... make it exist. All views are derived from the 3D part/assembly, there's no effort needed to make new views pop into existence.

Maybe I'm out of date on 2D CAD knowledge, but from what I remember you'd literally have to re-sketch the entire part for the new view. Because it's drawn in 2D, you can't just "flip it on its side" like you can a 3D part. And then you have to make sure you actually sketched the part correctly and didn't forget anything.

I see it as analogous to programming with toggle switches.

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Re:Text-to-CAD by iancmceachern on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @10:43PM (#38716765)
Exact this. I can design parts in solidworks in a few minutes, drawings included, that would take much longer to draw in autocad.
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Re:Text-to-CAD by liotier on Thursday December 21, 2023 @03:16AM (#38718150)
You are exactly right: 3D CAD has taken the draughtsman's job.
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